Table 4.

Anthropometric measurements, selected dietary intake and mycotoxin exposure (mean and range) by age group and gender.

		Boy		Girl		p-Value
		n	Mean and Range	n	Mean and Range
Anthropometric Measurement
Length/height for age Z- score	13–23 months	6	−0.34 (−0.76–0.65)	8	1.01 (−2.36–2.50)	n.s.
	24–59 months	58	−2.22 (−3.19–1.52)	47	−2.29 (−3.31–1.60)	n.s.
	p-value		<0.01		<0.001
Weight for length/height Z- score	13–23 months	6	−0.49 (−1.05–0.37)	8	0.27 (−1.00–2.00)	n.s.
	24–59 months	58	−0.66 (−2.33–1.13)	47	−0.61 (−2.41–3.27)	n.s.
	p-value		n.s.		<0.05
% Length/height for age Z- score < −2 (%)	13–23 months	6	0	8	12.5	n.s.
	24–59 months	58	53.4	47	59.6	n.s.
	p-value		<0.05		<0.05
Dietary Intake
Energy intake(kcal/day)	13–23 months	6	790 (434–1097)	9	742 (367–1164)	n.s.
	24–59 months	58	901 (218–1436)	47	868 (378–1713)	n.s.
	p-value		n.s.		n.s.
Protein intake (g/day)	13–23 months	6	24 (11–49)	9	22 (9–38)	n.s.
	24-59 months	58	29 (8–67)	47	28 (9–48)	n.s.
	p-value		n.s.		n.s.
Vitamin A intake (mcg/day)	13–23 months	6	15.5 (0.0–60.9)	9	47.1 (0.0–160.9)	n.s.
	24–59 months	58	95.3 (0.0–629.8)	47	124.1 (0.0–1043.7)	n.s.
	p-value		<0.05		n.s.
Iron intake (mg/day)	13–23 months	6	5.6 (3.7–8.3)	9	4.6 (1.9–6.5)	n.s.
	24–59 months	58	4.8 (1.1–9.5)	47	4.7 (1.6–9.4)	n.s.
	p-value		n.s.		n.s.
Zinc intake (mg/day)	13–23 months	6	3.7 (2.6–5.7)	9	3.6 (1.1–4.8)	n.s.
	24-59 months	58	3.8 (1.1–6.7)	47	3.75 (1.5–6.5)	n.s.
	p-value		n.s.		n.s.
Mycotoxin Exposure
Aflatoxin B1 (ng/kg bw/day)	13–23 months	6	135.9 (87.2–170.3)	8	100.5 (49.1–156.6)	n.s.
	24–59 months	58	123.5 (28.4–247.3)	47	121.6 (40.2–246.3)	n.s.
	p-value		n.s.		n.s.
Fumonisins (ng/kg bw/day)	13–23 months	6	3.6 (2.1–4.6)	8	2.7 (1.6–4.0)	n.s.
	24–59 months	58	3.5 (0.8–7.5)	47	3.5 (1.3–7.1)	n.s.
	p-value		n.s.		n.s.
Ochratoxin A (ng/kg bw/day)	13–23 months	6	43.2 (20.4–82.1)	8	31.3 (17.6–47.2)	n.s.
	24–59 months	58	54.8 (11.0–344.7)	47	57.2 (13.7–239.5)	n.s.
	p-value		n.s.		n.s.

n.s.: not significant.